Main description:

This is the first book to address the clinical and neurobiological interface between schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). There is growing evidence that obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia are prevalent, persistent and characterized by a distinct pattern of familial inheritance, neurocognitive deficits and brain activation. This text provides guidelines for differential diagnosis of schizophrenic patients with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and patients with primary OCD alongside poor insight, psychotic features or schizotypal personality. Written by a leading expert in the coexistence of obsessive-compulsive and schizophrenic phenomena, Schizo-Obsessive Disorder uses numerous case studies to present diagnostic guidelines and to describe a recommended treatment algorithm, demystifying this complex disorder and aiding its effective management. The book is essential reading for psychiatrists, neurologists and the wider range of multidisciplinary mental health practitioners.

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; 1. Schizophrenia and OCD: comparative characteristics; 2. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: conceptual history; 3. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: epidemiological and clinical aspects; 4. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: psychopathological characteristics; 5. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: prodrome; 6. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia: across life span; 7. OCD-spectrum disorders in schizophrenia; 8. Schizotypal OCD; 9. OCD with poor insight; 10. Neurobiology of schizo-obsessive disorder; 11. Treatment of schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive symptoms; 12. Antipsychotic drug-induced obsessive-compulsive symptoms; 13. Conclusions and future directions; Index.